Upcoming, panel “Building Inclusivity and Diversity: Challenges, Solutions, and Responses in Medieval Studies,” #maa2018
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@wanchuankao: lots of ways of being toxic, race is one of them. Toxicity interpellates lead paint on toys as Chinese. Similarly white toxicity interpellates all bodies in classroom: racialized, sexualized, queered.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wanchuankao: pres of Washington & Lee Univ uses rhetoric of medievalism to praise statue of LeeShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Kavita Mudan Finn (read by Nahir Otano Gracia). How to decolonize popular medievalism from within.
#noconfederate led to consideration of use of race in GoT. Have to stop using a European white neomedievalist discourse.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Finn: Academics have started to push back against GoT’s orientalist notions of race: e.g.
@TheMedievalDrK on@PublicMedieval, and others. Opposition from fans who believe that GoT and SOIAF are authentically medieval, or alternatively that critics don’t know how to have funShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Finn: in order to decolonize neo-medievalism, scholars need to push back in a more public way (via fandom?)
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@dorothyk98: best way to combat white supremacy is decolonizing medieval studies. That’s not the same thing as diversifying. Need equity and justice, not just diversity and inclusion. Need to consider our field’s history, epistemological of knowledgeShow this thread - Show replies
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